In honor of the Netflix series, which by the way is just as dreadful as the book, I pulled out this old chestnut from 2017. Roasted… This was billed as psychological suspense, so I got sucked in. Though it has moments of brilliance, in the end, it falls flat, partially because the main character isContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough”
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The Storm by Arif Anwar
The Storm is a beautifully woven tale that skips across time and geography to bring the reader into the life of Shar, a Ph.D student and policy wonk who has overstayed his student visa in the United States. Things are complicated. He has a daughter, but he is not married to her mother. If heContinue reading “The Storm by Arif Anwar”
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd
Well, Janeites, it is with a heavy heart that I report to you: this book is not very good. I had high hopes, since it was a murder mystery, but alas those hopes were dashed upon the rocks of mediocrity. As may be surmised from the title, this is a retelling of Mansfield Park inContinue reading “Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd”
Throwback Thursday: You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz
This book was originally reviewed in 2015 Grace Reinhart Sachs has it all. A great job, a loving, doctor husband, and a beautiful son. She is even about to start the public relations tour for her first book, You Should Have Known. As a marriage therapist, Grace has walked couples through trying to put itContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz”
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Fall is a time for Apple everything! This month enjoy a dark and slightly disturbing Academic thriller with a steaming hunk of Apple Up-Side-Down Ginger Cake and a cup of tea. There isn’t a lot left to say about this book. It was first published in 1992, and I have had it in my TBRContinue reading “The Secret History by Donna Tartt”
Throwback Thursday: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
This is a beautifully written book about a family suffering a terrible loss. Lydia, the favorite daughter of a mixed race family (Caucasian and Asian) has drowned. Surprisingly, though there are sad moments, the tone is hopeful. Ng explores what happens when people’s lives don’t turn out the way they thought they would; when charactersContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng”
Throwback Thursday: Avenue of Spies: a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family’s heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France by Alex Kershaw (2015)
This text is from the review I wrote in 2015. Even MORE books about WWII have come out of the woodwork since then. The past few years of major anniversaries for important events of World War II coupled with the passing of so many of the heroes and villains of that time have brought forthContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Avenue of Spies: a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family’s heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France by Alex Kershaw (2015)”
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
If you, like me, have been putting off reading this, stop, pick it up right now and start reading it! Sometimes I put off reading a book because of the hype. Sometimes I put it off because it has won a lot of awards and that intimidates me. Sometimes I put it off because IContinue reading “Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell”
Throwback Thursday: The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich (2016)
In 1970, a group of women, mostly employed as researchers and fact checkers at Newsweek magazine, filed a lawsuit against the publication for gender discrimination on the same day Newsweek ran a cover story entitled, “Women in Revolt.” The Good Girls Revolt tells the story of the brave women who risked their futures to makeContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by Lynn Povich (2016)”
Book Review: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
I’ll admit it, the bookstore window got me on this one. I walked past the window on several occasions and this book looked very intriguing. When I read the blurb, I decided to go for it. And I am not sorry! Amanda and her family are on the way to their Airbnb in the wildsContinue reading “Book Review: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam”
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